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OPS-G Monthly Forum - 2008

The 'OPS-G Forum' is a monthly seminar organised by the Ground Systems Engineering Dept., known as 'OPS-G', at ESA's European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), Darmstadt, Germany. Events are of interest to registered members of the space operations community, academia and the media.

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SSA Preparatory Programme

5 December 2008

The Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Preparatory Programme, a new initiative of the Agency, was accepted at the November 2008 Ministerial Conference in The Hague as a new optional programme of the Agency covering the time frame 2009-11.

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The Soyuz-Fregat launch vehicle carrying GIOVE-B on launch pad

An ESOC engineer's report on Galileo

21 November 2008

After the successful Giove-B launch, recent changes in the industrial organisation and the launch of procurement activities for the full constellation, the Galileo mission has evolved into a consolidated Project with a tremendous future.

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A virtual space system supporting ground validation

7 November 2008

GSTVi is a generic simulator of a representative space system for ESA missions. It covers both the space segment as well as the ground segment for all aspects related to TM/TC routing and processing.

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Optical measurements for Rosetta navigation at asteroid Steins

17 October 2008

The presentation describes Rosetta's Steins fly-by scenario, gives an overview of the image-processing techniques, addresses operational aspects, and contains a summary of the final results.

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Embracing the future - a retrospective look

5 September 2008

Preparing for the future in ESA's Operations Directorate is more important than ever. A review of how we've handled change in the past to help better prepare for future transformations.

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Fundamentals of Orbits

19 September 2008

An in-depth presentation on the fundamentals of orbits and orbital dynamics presented by U. Feucht (NOTE: change in start time to 11:30).

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Embracing the future - a retrospective look

5 September 2008

Preparing for the future in ESA's Operations Directorate is more important than ever. A review of how we've handled change in the past to help better prepare for future transformations.

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Santa Maria station support for the Ariane 5 ATV launch

15 August 2008

This seminar will provide an overview of the new ESTRACK ground station at Santa Maria, Azores, and its first operational usage for the ATV launch in March.

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Herchel and Planck, launch configuration

The Herschel-Plank Mission Data Systems

18 April 2008

This forum will report on the Mission Data Systems (MCS and Simulators) for Herschel-Plank. These are OPS-GD's largest and most demanding projects currently under development.

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Past, present and future of simulation for space applications

15 February 2008

Recent years have seen major technological developments in the area of simulation, including the ESA-developed ECSS Simulator Model Portability Standard (SMP-2).

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Last update: 9 February 2009

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